Car righter



March 10, 1925. 1,529,575 A. A. CLEMONS GAR RIGHTER- v Fil ed Dec. 2Q,1923 2 Shee'ts-Sheet l INVENTOR. Hfl. Clemons g/42mm.

ATTORNEY.

March 10. 1925. I 1,529,575

A. A. CLEMONS F CAR RI GHTER Filed Dec. 20, 1923 2 h ets-Sheet 2 3InvenTor I 41H C 1cm ans ,with other objects in view which will appearcar body to horizontal position while Patented Mar. 10, 1925 i iQUNIT-EDJSTATES ALEXANDERLA. cLEMons. or MARBLEHEAD, OHIO.

CAR RIGHTER.

Application filed December 20, 1923. Serial No. 681,735.

To all-whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER A. CLEM- oNs, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Marblehead, in the county of Ottawa and State ofOhio,-have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car Righters,

of which the following is a specification.

provide a car righting apparatus including an inclined ramp orcamyarranged alongside the railway rails and designed to abut against atilted car body as the car moves along the railway rails, and to liftthe car body back to horizontal position. The car body may be thenlatched in the ordinary manner, so as to maintain its horizontalposition. v

A. further object of the invention is to provide a car righter of theabove character in which the ramp or cam is movable toward and awayfrom-the railway rails, so that the ramp may be moved out of the "way,when it is not in use.

A further ob ect is to provide a ramp or cam with shock absorbing meansso as to permit the ramp to give or spring to prevent the breaking ofits operating mechanism.

lVith the foregoing objects outlined and as the description; proceeds,the invention consists of the novel features hereinafter described indetail, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and more particularlypointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side View of the improved car righting apparatus shown inuse with a dump car, the latterbein'g diagrammatically illustrated.

v Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the main portion of the car righter.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged paratus.

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 4-4: of Fig. 2.

In the drawings, 1 designates railway rails on which travel the trucks 2of cars having tilting: bodies 3.

My improved apparatus preferably inside view of the apcludes a beam 4extending beneath the'rails and provided at one side of the rails withtwo channel-shaped irons 5, which are secured to the beam by means ofthe bolts 6. Angle irons 7 are slidably mounted in the channel irons andto permit adjustment each angle iron has a slot 8 through which passbolts 9 connected to the channel irons.

The angle irons carry a bolt shaft 10 on which is pivotally' mounted aninverted U-shaped standard 11, a pipe 12 being arranged on the bolt 10between the legs of the standard for spacin and reinforcement purposes.A second bdlt 13 reinforces the 1,529,575 "PATENT I OFFICE. l

standard 11 and is provided with a spacing pipe or sleeve 14:. An upperor third bolt 15 is also carried bythe standard and this bolt isprovided with spaced pipes or.

sleeves 16. v

The bolt 15 passes through an elongated slot 17 in a link 18. 'The bolt15 also extends through an eye 19 formed at one end of a shank 20 whichis slidably mounted in a lug 21 extending outwardly from'one side of thelink 18. A washer 22 is'mounted on the link18 and abuts against the lug21, and

a spring 23'surrounds the link 18 andshank 20, and bears at one endagainst the washer 22 and at the other end against the bolt 15.

Owing'to this construction the standard 11 may rock in counter-clockwisedirection (in Fig. 3) without moving the link 18.

A cam or ramp 2lis supportedby'the'upper end of the standard 11 and thisramp preferably consists of two parallel sections of railroad railsbolted at 25 to the head of the standard 11 and braced by means ofbraces 26. It'may be seen from Fig. 4 that the ramp 24; is inclinedrelatively to the horizontal, and it may be seenfrom Fig. 2

that the ramp is also inclined relatively to 'the railroad rails 1.Consequently when the ramp is in position to engage the outer edge of atilted car body 3, while the car is moving'in the direction 'of thearrow-A in Fig. 2,; the car will first strike the end 24 of the ramp andwill then ride along the ramp and be gradually raised into horizontalposition. 7

For the purpose of swinging the standard 11 and ramp 24; toward and awayfrom the rails 1, the link 18 is pivotally connectedat 27 to'a lever 28.This lever is pivotally connected at 29 to a bracket 30 secured tothebeam 4. The lower end of the lever 28 is pivotally connected at 31 to anelongated ing a hand actuated'latch cooperating with a tooth quadrant36.

From the foregoing description it will'be' understood that the operatonsay at the left hand side of the rails 1, may actuate the lever 3.4: andthrow the standard 11 and rampfl t into position to, engage" the tiltedcar bodies, crest of position so that the ramp will not obstruct othertraflic. It will also be recognized that the spring 23 will permitmovement of the ramp, 24 toward the lever28"relatively tothe link 18 sothat shocks" in one direction will be absorbed without breakingrthemechanism. 7

Inview of the above description, it' is believedflthatthe construction,operation and advantages of theinvcntion may be readily. understoodbythose" skilled in the art and it is apparent that changes may be madein the details disclosed without departing-from the spirit of theinvention as Y expressed in the claims,

WVhatI claiIn anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1; The combination with a railway track and astandarddump-car movablealongthe same, of'a cal -lighter arrangedalongside of the railway-trackand including a standard,

an inclined ramp supported; by: said stand-' ard andextending;upwardlyvfrom a point above the level of the track to an elevation only slightlyabove the. car wheels for lifting the bodies of dump-cars moving alongthe track, and means for moving and inclining the standardand-ramp'toward the track;

2. A car righter including a standard adapted-to bearranged alongsideof; a railway track and consisting of an inverted U.-shaped member andbolts connecting the legs of theinverted U-shapedmember, an

inclined-ramp;supported by said standard and adapteduto raise the bodiesof dumpcarsmovingalonglthe track, and means for moving said standard andramp toward and away from-the track.

3. A car righter includingsupports, angle irons connected to andslidably mounted on said supports, a standard connected to said angleirons and adapted to be arranged alongside of the railway track, aninclined ramp supported bysaid-standard and adapted to raise the bodiesof dump-cars moving along the track, and means for moving said standardand ramp toward and away from said track.

4. A car righter including a 1 standard mounted for pivotal movement andadapted to be arranged alongsideof a railway track, an inclined ra'mp'supported by said {stand ard and adapted to raise the bodies ofdump-cars moving along the track, and means for moving" said standardand ramp toward and away from the track, said means including a rockinglever, a link connecting the lever and standard, andmeans for actuatingsaid lever.

A car rightr' including a standard adapted to be arranged alongside arailway track, an inclined rampsnpportedlby, said standard and adapted"to raisethe; bodies of dump-cars moving along the track, and means formoving'said Smnagirdtndranp toward and away from the track, said means;including --a link connected tofl the standard, a lever connected to.thellink, a second elongated link connectedtd the lever and adapted toextend beneath. the, car

track, and an operating lever forfac tuating the? elongated link. I

6.- A car righter inclu-din gfa standard, a ramp supported by thestandard fandlinclined relatively. to theihorizontal, and-resilientmeans for holding. the standard and ramp in one position. I I

7. The combination witha railway track, of a standard arranged at one"side of the track and a control member arranged at the.

opposite side of the track, a rampsupported by the standard and inclinedrelatively to the horizontal, and means connecting the control member tothe standard to permit the standard to be movedtoward' and away from thetrack when said control member is actuated.

8, In a car righter, thecombination. with a movably mounted standard, ofa ramp supported by the standardand inclined relatively to thehorizontal, a link connected to the standardby a slot and" pinconnection, and a spring for normally holding the pm at one end'of saidslot.

9. A; car rig-liter including support-ing bars adapted to be arrangedatone side of a railway track, angle irons connected to and slidablealong said bars, a standard pivotally connected to said angle irons, aramp supported by the standard and inclined relatively to thehorizontaharidmeans for rocking said standard to permit movement of theramp toward and away from the railway track; n

10. A car righter asxclaimed in claim; 9 in which the means for rockingsaid. standard includes a resilient element to permit movement of thestandard relatively 'to the rocking means, I V i A In testimony whereofI hereunto afliX- my signature.

